View From the Bushes

I meant to mention this yesterday, but I forgot. I did find another cartographer for Anyaka 6 and based on the stuff he sent me so far I think you'll be impressed. I told him that the deadline on the maps was Friday at five or I would cut his toes off; since he's local and I know where he lives I'm hoping that my threats will carry more weight. So the upshot of all of this is that after multiple soul-crushing delays, Anyaka 6 will be available on Saturday, or may Tender Heart, Demon Care Bear of Broken Promises, rise up out of the abyss carry me off to Hell.

Anyhow, I 'm still recovering from yesterday's arduous 15 mile bicycle ride (split into two halfs over eight hours with all but about four miles of it downhill or on the flat... yes, I'm out of shape at the moment) into work. On that topic, I had an interesting experience this morning. I was driving into work and there was a cyclist out on the road communting to work much the same as I had yesterday. I could see that she and I would arrive at the corner at about the same time. I was going to turn right, but I wasn't sure if she was going to turn right or go straight. Since I didn't want to turn right in front of her or worse yet turn over the top of her (if she was going straight) I slowed down to let her either go straight or turn.

Well, I guess since I had my turn signal on she knew I was going to turn, and in fact she was going straight so she had pulled in behind me and when I slowed down I guess she nearly ran into the back of my car. When I realized she wasn't passing me I immediately made the turn and she just as immediately flipped me off. So obviously she was unhappy with what I did, but the alternative was to make a right turn immediately in front of her, while she went straight. So my question is, is there a right answer here? Is there some third option I'm not considering? Or are one of the two options, either turning right in front of her or slowing down to let her pass on the right always the right answer and one of us just doesn't know what they're doing? You can imagine the pain I must feel as a fellow cycling commuter being flipped off when I was trying to be courteous... Oh, and if you are considering bicycle commuting and can't keep your bike in your office, here's a surprisingly informative article on a "Lock Strategy".

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Ross